Carlos & Siran Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 And lets play spot the fishy We presume the bigun is the same as the weens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snookie Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 Gambusia ( mosquito fish ) only good for feeders ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdspider Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 Mosquito fish??? [edit] beaten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos & Siran Posted April 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 Thanks guys, and the bottom one's a grass carp yeah?, he was pretty relaxed, didn't seem to be too worried about us splashing around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikBok Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 was going to say gambusia too though it does look like a guppy. Gambusia are illegal fish common in North Island ponds , their fin placement are different to guppy and the males have a much longer gonopodium lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos & Siran Posted April 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 if they're illegal does that mean I can't put them in my troughs? I've caught about a hundred of em to help keep them clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikBok Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 you're not supposed to catch them , release them or keep them! But I've seen them in the ponds at a birdpark and they wern't concerend at all. I don't know if they'll be any good for algae control as they like live food. http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/thr ... /gambusia/ It's legal stauts is "unwanted organism" Unwanted Organisms (Biosecurity Act 1993) It is illegal to release, spread, sell or breed unwanted organisms. There is a $100,000 fine or five years imprisonment for people caught doing so. - http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/thr ... docs-work/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N1CK Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 Yup.. http://www.fnzas.org.nz/index.php?PG=PestTaskForce I think they come with a fine as well :-? bottom one looks like a carp... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos & Siran Posted April 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 :roll: cheers guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 yeap. horribly illegal, and the penalties are hefty.can't keep em, store em, catch em, release em... nothing... kill them i suppose. feed them to your oscars... don't get me started on the koi :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos & Siran Posted April 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 I've destroyed them.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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